1 files changed, 16 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 83783579378f..d9062f5cc0c0 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/hash.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #include <trace/events/sched.h>
 
@@ -84,22 +85,22 @@ ftrace_func_t ftrace_trace_function __read_mostly = ftrace_stub;
 ftrace_func_t __ftrace_trace_function __read_mostly = ftrace_stub;
 ftrace_func_t ftrace_pid_function __read_mostly = ftrace_stub;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
-static int ftrace_set_func(unsigned long *array, int *idx, char *buffer);
-#endif
-
+/*
+ * Traverse the ftrace_list, invoking all entries.  The reason that we
+ * can use rcu_dereference_raw() is that elements removed from this list
+ * are simply leaked, so there is no need to interact with a grace-period
+ * mechanism.  The rcu_dereference_raw() calls are needed to handle
+ * concurrent insertions into the ftrace_list.
+ *
+ * Silly Alpha and silly pointer-speculation compiler optimizations!
+ */
 static void ftrace_list_func(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip)
 {
-        struct ftrace_ops *op = ftrace_list;
-
-        /* in case someone actually ports this to alpha! */
-        read_barrier_depends();
+        struct ftrace_ops *op = rcu_dereference_raw(ftrace_list); /*see above*/
 
         while (op != &ftrace_list_end) {
-                /* silly alpha */
-                read_barrier_depends();
                 op->func(ip, parent_ip);
-                op = op->next;
+                op = rcu_dereference_raw(op->next); /*see above*/
         };
 }
 
@@ -154,8 +155,7 @@ static int __register_ftrace_function(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
          * the ops->next pointer is valid before another CPU sees
          * the ops pointer included into the ftrace_list.
          */
-        smp_wmb();
-        ftrace_list = ops;
+        rcu_assign_pointer(ftrace_list, ops);
 
         if (ftrace_enabled) {
                 ftrace_func_t func;
@@ -2276,6 +2276,8 @@ __setup("ftrace_filter=", set_ftrace_filter);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
 static char ftrace_graph_buf[FTRACE_FILTER_SIZE] __initdata;
+static int ftrace_set_func(unsigned long *array, int *idx, char *buffer);
+
 static int __init set_graph_function(char *str)
 {
         strlcpy(ftrace_graph_buf, str, FTRACE_FILTER_SIZE);
@@ -3351,6 +3353,7 @@ void ftrace_graph_init_task(struct task_struct *t)
 {
         /* Make sure we do not use the parent ret_stack */
         t->ret_stack = NULL;
+        t->curr_ret_stack = -1;
 
         if (ftrace_graph_active) {
                 struct ftrace_ret_stack *ret_stack;
@@ -3360,7 +3363,6 @@ void ftrace_graph_init_task(struct task_struct *t)
                                 GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (!ret_stack)
                         return;
-                t->curr_ret_stack = -1;
                 atomic_set(&t->tracing_graph_pause, 0);
                 atomic_set(&t->trace_overrun, 0);
                 t->ftrace_timestamp = 0;